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Microscopy
The examination of minute objects by means of a microscope, an instrument which provides an enlarged image of an object not visible with the naked eye. Aside from the usual microscopy, there are various special types of microscopy…
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Show more- Show As a noun: 1. An appearance. 2. Short for bloody show
- Cerebellum The portion of the brain in the back of the head between the cerebrum and the brain stem. The cerebellum…
- Cesarian section, lower segment (LSCS) A Cesarian section in which the surgical incision (cut) is made in the lower segment of the uterus
- Hammer The malleus
- Neutral posture The posture when the joints are not bent and the spine is aligned and not twisted. Working in neutral…
- Congenital deafness Deafness: Loss of hearing present at birth. Congenital deafness contrasts to acquired deafness which occurs…
- FAO deficiency Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a…
- Breast, amastia Breast, amastia: A rare condition wherein the normal growth of the breast or nipple never takes place. They…
- Typhus, rat-flea See Typhus, murine
- Deletion Loss of a segment of DNA from a chromosome (and hence from the genome). The first human chromosome deletion…
- Syndrome, Ramsay Hunt See: Ramsay Hunt syndrome
- Carcinoma in situ Cancer that involves only the place in which it began and that has not spread. Carcinoma in situ is an…